WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.100/Rev.1 
10 May 2011 
 (11-2401) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
   
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Ukraine
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
has been received from the delegation of Ukraine . 
 
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I. INTRODUCTION 
1. The legal basis of Ukraine, governing sta ndards, technical regulations, conformity 
assessment, metrology and quality control activ ities, as well as for the implementation and 
administration of the Agreement on Technical Barrier s to Trade, was partially modified as compared 
to that notified in the document G/TBT/2/Add. 100 of 30 May 2008.  Consequently the following 
information should be added or updated:  
A. PARAGRAPH 3 
2. From 6 July 2011 the Law of Ukraine of 17 May 2001 No. 2407-III "On accreditation of 
conformity assessment bodies"  will be amended by the Law of Ukraine of 2 December 2010 
No. 2735-VI "On state market supervision and control of non-food products".  The Law of 
2 December 2010 No. 2735-VI is meant for improvi ng control over producers and suppliers following 
the requirements of technical regulations, by carryin g out the state market supervision and control of 
non-food products.  The above-menti oned Law determines the organizati on and order of realization of 
the state market supervision and control of non-food  products in Ukraine.  The text of the Law of 
Ukraine of 2 December 2010 No. 2735-VI "On stat e market supervision and control of non-food 
products" (in Ukrainian) is available at:  "http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi -bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=2735-
17" 
3. From 6 July 2011 the Law of Ukraine of 2 D ecember 2010 No. 2736-VI "On general safety of 
non-food products" will enter into force. The above-mentioned Law defines the legal and 
organizational basis for putting into use in Ukrain e of the non-food products and providing safety of 
such products.  The text of the mentioned Law (in Ukrainian) is available at:  
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=2736-17 .   
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4. According to the Law of Ukraine of 2 December 2010 No. 2735-VI "On state market 
supervision and control of non-food products", from 6 July 2011 the Decree of the Cabinet of G/TBT/2/Add.100/Rev.1 
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  Ministers of Ukraine "On state supervision of co mpliance with standards, norms and rules, and 
sanctions for violations thereof"  No. 30-93 of 8 April 1993 will no longer be valid. 
5. The Law "On safety and quality of food products" No.771/97- ВР of 23 December 1997 was 
amended by the Law of Ukraine of 22 October 2009 No.1665-VI, by the Law of Ukraine of 
17 December 2009 No.1778-VI, by the Law of Ukraine of 6 July 2010 No. 2436-VI and by the Law 
of Ukraine of 3 February 2011 No.2973-VI).  The text of the amended Law No.771/97- ВР of 
23 December 1997 (in Ukrainian) is available at:  
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/la ws/main.cgi?nreg=771%2F97-%E2%F0  
C. PARAGRAPH 8 
6. The Law of Ukraine "On standards, techni cal regulations and conformity assessment 
procedures" of  1 December 2005 No.3164-IV was amended by the Law of Ukraine of 10 April 2008 
No. 255-VI, by the Law of Ukraine of 15 January 2009 No. 882-VI and  by the Law of Ukraine of 2.12.2010 No. 2735-VI.  The text of the amended Law of 1 December 2005 No.3164-IV is available 
at:  http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=3164-15
 
D. PARAGRAPH 12 
7. Further changes to the list of the products, which are the subjects to mandatory certification 
are defined by the Order of Derzhspozhyvstandart of 22 September 2010 No. 425 and by the Order of 
Derzhspozhyvstandart of 22 Sept ember 2010 No. 426, (notified as G/TBT/N/UKR/42/Add.1 of 
10 November 2010 and G/TBT/N/UKR/50 of 8 Decemb er 2010).  The texts of the mentioned Orders 
(in Ukrainian) are available at:  http:/zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0880-10 , 
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0881-10    and  
http://www.dssu.gov.ua/document/144305/426.doc  
E. PARAGRAPH 17 
8. The obligations of relevant national authorities to meet the requirements on notification 
procedures, including those foreseen in the TBT Ag reement are incorporated into the Resolution of 
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 31 May 2005 No. 408.  As it was foreseen in Articles 10.1 and 
10.3 of the TBT Agreement, the WTO National Enqui ry Point and Information Processing Centre has 
been established in Ukraine.  The E nquiry Point can be contacted at:  
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
WTO National Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre 
8 Lvivska Square Kiev 04655 
Ukraine 
Tel.:  +(380) 44 272 1124, +(380) 44 272 11 47 
Fax:  +(380) 44 272 15 78 
Email:  ep@me.gov.ua
  
 
F. PARAGRAPH 20 
9. Article 9 and Article 10 of the Law "On standa rds, technical regulations and conformity 
assessment procedures" No. 3164-IV of 1 Dece mber 2005 specify the procedures enabling the 
relevant national authority to fulfil its obligations  under Article 2.9, 2.10, 3.2, 5.6, 5.7 of the  G/TBT/2/Add.100/Rev.1 
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  Agreement, that is the obligation to notify prepara tion of new technical regulations or procedures for 
assessment of conformity or substantial amendments to existing ones.  
10. For transparency reason the State Program of Standardization for the period of 2010-2020 
(approved by the Order of Derzhs pozhyvstandart of 22 December 2010 No. 577) is available (in 
Ukrainian) at:  http://www.dssu.gov.ua/docum ent/147799/progr am_%202020..doc . 
11. The Plan for National Standardi zation for 2011 is available at:  
http://www.dssu.gov.ua/control/uk/pub lish/category/main?cat_id=150851  
  
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